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Frank Savage completed amphibious training at Hampton Roads, Virginia. To pass the test, the soldiers had to get ashore...

Remi Kidder served on the Wasp [Annotator's Note: USS Wasp (CV-18)] as it performed its job of softening up islands...

When Claire Maddox went into the service [Annotator's Note: in the summer of 1943], he had the option to pick any of...

James Buckley's LST [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-1013, a Landing Ship, Tank] had 40mm [Annotator's Note: Bofors 40mm...

Martin Banyas sailed all the islands [Annotator's Note: a Marine gunner on USS Santa Fe (CL-60)] including Saipan [...

Ben Ray Bost had a new captain come aboard [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316] after Captain Fritsch [Annotator's Note...

Lloyd Guillory returned to the United States on a Matson cruise ship. There were 800 officers and nurses as passengers...

Jack Skaggs was changed by World War 2. He was just a boy when he entered the United States Marine Corps, but he had no...

From Townsville, Australia, Robert Leese went to Port Moresby, New Guinea, which was still occupied in the north by the...

They were cruising around Java when they ran aground in the valley straights [Annotators Note: aboard the USS Boise in...

James Allen was 16 years old in the spring of 1942 and a junior in high when he decided to join the Navy. In March he...

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